US
President Donald Trump has spoken out about censorship against
conservatives on social media, saying it is a “very dangerous thing” and
calling for everyone to be allowed to participate in the online
conversation.

“Social
media is totally discriminating against Republican/conservative
voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump administration, we
won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many
people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others,”Trump
wrote.

Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others.......

.....Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is nothing so Fake as CNN & MSNBC, & yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed. I get used to it and watch with a grain of salt, or don’t watch at all..

....Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen. Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made. Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!

It comes just days after
several journalistsraisedalarm
at what they say are baseless complaints sent to Twitter over stories
with sensitive topics – including the activities of British spy
Christopher Steele and links between Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and
China.

That decision was defended
by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who told The Hill earlier this week that
Jones had been posting content that broke Twitter’s terms of service.

Twitter has also
acknowledged that a new policy to suppress hate speech has resulted in
the search results of some Republican lawmakers being reduced. The
company did, however, add that some Democrats have also been affected.
On Friday, liberal Australian journalist Caitlin Johnstone wasremovedfrom
Twitter after tweeting that“the
world will be improved”when Sen. John McCain
(R-AZ), who is battling brain cancer,“finally
dies.”

As for Facebook, which
recently came under fire for suspending the pages of TeleSur and
independent sites Venezuelanalysis.com and Haitianalysis.blogspot.com,
the social network stated in May that it will be launching a review of
anti-conservative bias on the platform.

Trump’s most recent tweets
aren’t the first time he’s spoken out against the alleged censoring of
conservatives on social media. In July, hesaidthe
so-called“shadow
banning”of prominent Republicans on Twitter is“discriminatory and illegal.” The
term ‘shadow banning’ refers to a situation when a social media user
believes they have full access to a platform but other users are
prevented from seeing their accounts or messages.